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Bring on the female superheroes!

Christopher Bell · TED

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About

Why is it so hard to find female superhero merchandise? In this passionate, sparkling talk, media studies scholar (and father of a Star Wars-obsessed daughter) Christopher Bell addresses the alarming lack of female superheroes in the toys and products marketed to kids -- and what it means for how we teach them about the world.

The talk

  1. Bring on the female superheroes! 16 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxColoradoSprings
Speaker
Christopher Bell
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Business and management, Society and politics, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
Who can watch
TED gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from what the source says about it. How courses are placed